Reality has left the building over at Politico.com. Here’s how they reported the announcement by North Dakota’s Byron Dorgan announcement that he was retiring from the senate:
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) announced Tuesday night that he would retire rather than run for reelection this year, a surprise move that imperils the Democrats’ 60-seat majority next year.
Dorgan wasn’t facing serious opposition in what would have been a campaign for his fourth term, but North Dakota’s popular Republican Gov. John Hoeven is considering a bid and was leading in early polls.
No serious opposition? To say that Hoeven is leading in the early polls is like saying the Indians had a slight lead on Custer. Here’s how Rasmussen reports that non-serious opposition:
Incumbent Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan may have a serious problem on his hands if Republicans recruit Governor John Hoeven to run for the U.S. Senate in North Dakota next year.
The first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 telephone survey of likely voters in North Dakota finds the popular Republican governor leading Dorgan by 22 points – 58% to 36%. Just six percent (6%) are undecided in that senatorial contest.
Other polls show Dorgan trailing by more than 30 points. How much more serious can the opposition get, Politico?
Soure: Politico.com, Rasmussen Reports
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It's about time Dodd did something to help the American public. Dorgan too. To bad it's a couple of terms to late. What we really need is for the other big problems to go. Harry, Nancy and we know Barney Frank has Tainted our government for way to long and needs to go albeit 4 terms to late. The list goes on and on and..... Does the rainbow start or end in Massachusetts? I thought they were pretty smart in Massachusetts but what the hell were they thinking. Barney's *Franked the American public for to long. Now that the democratic agenda is laid out nobody wants any part of it. , it's a run for the exist. *For the definition of FRANKED visit http://harrytukis.com/harrys-glossary/
Dorgan is one of the first two cowards to shoot and run. Dodd being the other one. See link to see the other traitors (http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00397) who voted against the will of the people (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/toplines/pt_survey_toplines/january_2010/toplines_health_care_update_january_3_2010 and
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/september_2009/health_care_reform). Now they will retire with the countries' best health care paid for by you and me. And I'm not talking about the Obama package; I'm talking about the high end Senator's Package.
either that is the ultimate classic comb-over or the worst hair piece I have ever seen.
and Dodd wasn't pushed out by the White House. BWAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Yeah, Dorgan saw the writing on the wall. The Dems have got serious troubles now, and with Reid's newly exposed racist comment, they've got even more. Maybe Reid, who's numbers are already in the toilet, will decide not to run, as well. One can only hope.